Saturday, May 5, 2018
M109
Continuing the exploration of galaxies in Ursa Major, Messier 109 presents a striking, barred spiral. The galaxy is the brightest member of the M 109 group, and has three satellite galaxies (not visible in this image). This image was taken with the 8 inch f/3.9 scope and the Mallincam AG1.2C. It is a stack of 15 x 20-second integrations--a very short integration time due to cloud, so this noisy image is all I was able to capture.
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